Popular Drama Movies on Kanopy - Page 288

The Figurine: Araromire

2009

The Figurine: Araromire

2009
4.4
Two buddies and a girl, down on their luck, have their lives changed when one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which, according to legend, bestows seven years of good luck. But no one told them about the next seven years...
Elena

2013

Elena

2013
7.3
Petra heads to New York in search of her older sister after a long time of being separated. They are both movie actresses and heirs of the wounds of the Brazilian dictatorship. But Petra has only a few clues: home movies, newspaper clippings, a diary...
A Girl Like Him

2025

A Girl Like Him

2025
4
In a small, close-knit town, lifelong best friends Lena Grey and Justin Beckett have always been each other's world. But both have been holding a deep secret from the other. As another summer comes to an end, the burden of those secrets starts to unravel.
The Quare Fellow

1962

The Quare Fellow

1962
5.4
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
Black Mulberry

2012

Black Mulberry

2012
6.5
In the mining city of Chiatura (Georgia), two teenagers spend a day together, far from their respective lives.
Love and Mathematics

2024

Love and Mathematics

2024
8
After his time in the boy band "Equinoccio", Billy Lozano is in his late thirties very frustrated with his life, he lives with all the comforts in the house of his dreams, but he feels like the biggest loser in the world since his last entrepreneurship failed once again, he has no other occupation but to take care of his son and his wife's dog. Until one day he meets Monica, an ex-fan of "Equinoccio" who moves in the house in front of them and encourages him to resume his artistic career.
You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South

2015

You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South

2015
6
In 1952 Ruby McCollum, a black woman, killed her white doctor in Live Oak, Fla after years of sexual abuse. The remarkable secrets and terrible truths revealed during her trial and incarceration haunted jurors and prosecutors for decades.
The Struggle

1931

The Struggle

1931
6.7
A young couple's marriage is jeopardized by the husband's descent into alcoholism.
Fast Talking

1984

Fast Talking

1984
6.1
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Jane Wants a Boyfriend

2015

Jane Wants a Boyfriend

2015
6
A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
Those Who Are Fine

2018

Those Who Are Fine

2018
5.8
Using her skills of selling Internet and insurance deals, young call center employee Alice calls up elderly strangers and pretends to be their granddaughter in urgent need of money. As this trick quickly makes her rich, the film observes people and places in Zurich, all mysteriously connected to Alice’s business.
We Monsters

2015

We Monsters

2015
6.5
A husband and wife struggle with their consciences after they try to conceal a terrible crime committed by their teenage daughter.
The Sky Is Gray

1980

The Sky Is Gray

1980
4
From Ernest J. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," comes a deceptively simple, yet emotionally complex tale of a young boy's discovery of what it's like to be black in Louisiana during the 1940's. James, the boy in question, has a raging toothache that necessitates a trip to the dentist. His mother (played by Emmy-winner Olivia Cole), accompanies James to town on an eye-opening odyssey where the boy gains valuable insights into poverty, racism - and his own sense of pride. With an exciting musical score by Webster Lewis, this multi-award winning film explores a child's discovery that the world is a complicated place... where things are never truly black or white... only shades of gray.
Radio Dreams

2017

Radio Dreams

2017
6.4
A brilliant and misunderstood Iranian writer struggles to pursue his ambitious goal of bringing together Metallica and Kabul Dreams, Afghanistan's first rock band.
The Blue Eyes of Yonta

1992

The Blue Eyes of Yonta

1992
6.8
A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents, Vicente, a hero of the war of independence. Vicente is unaware of her passion as she is of the love of a young man who sends her anonymous love letters.
Winning a Continent

1916

Winning a Continent

1916
5
This epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek at the end of the 1830s, concluding with a hegemonic reconstruction of the 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred armed Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus.
Battle for Brooklyn

2011

Battle for Brooklyn

2011
5
An intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by residents and business owners of Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Heights neighborhood facing condemnation of their property to make way for the polarizing Atlantic Yards project, a massive plan to build 16 skyscrapers and a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets.
Forever's End

2013

Forever's End

2013
4.6
Six years after an apocalyptic event killed her family and seemingly everyone else on earth, a lone girl on the verge of insanity is forced to question everything she has ever known when a strange man suddenly appears at her door. The last girl on earth... is not alone.
Landless

2019

Landless

2019
An atmospheric drama on the personal sacrifices we make in our search for home.
Love's Confusion

1959

Love's Confusion

1959
3.8
The film tells the love story of two young couples. According to their social ranks, construction worker Edy is dating employee Siegi, while medical student Dieter is dating art school student Sonja. Rather unintentionally, they exchange partners. During a carnival ball, Dieter makes out with Siegi because he falls for her her fresh and happy girlish manner. Sonja coolly observes this game and sees this intermezzo as a test for their relationship. While Siegi and Dieter vacation at the sea, Sonja falls in love with Edy. Now the die seems to be cast for new constellations. But when both couples stand in front of the registrar’s office, they finally come to their senses.